GRE Word List
PARCHED
deprived of natural moisture
The meaning of the word parched is deprived of natural moisture.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| grudging | unwilling |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| doddering | feeble |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |