GRE Word List
PARCHED
deprived of natural moisture
The meaning of the word parched is deprived of natural moisture.
Random words
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| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
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| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |