GRE Word List
PARCHED
deprived of natural moisture
The meaning of the word parched is deprived of natural moisture.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |