GRE Word List
PARCHED
deprived of natural moisture
The meaning of the word parched is deprived of natural moisture.
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| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
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| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
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| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |