GRE Word List
PARCHED
deprived of natural moisture
The meaning of the word parched is deprived of natural moisture.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |