GRE Word List
PARCHED
deprived of natural moisture
The meaning of the word parched is deprived of natural moisture.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |