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 |
|---|---|
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |