GRE Word List
PARCHED
deprived of natural moisture
The meaning of the word parched is deprived of natural moisture.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| contrive | devise |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |