GRE Word List
PARCHED
deprived of natural moisture
The meaning of the word parched is deprived of natural moisture.
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|---|---|
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
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| cohorts | companion |
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