GRE Word List
PARCHED
deprived of natural moisture
The meaning of the word parched is deprived of natural moisture.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| blackball | to vote against |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| canny | clever |