GRE Word List
PARCHED
deprived of natural moisture
The meaning of the word parched is deprived of natural moisture.
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| potentate | ruler |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
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| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
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| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
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