GRE Word List
SCORCH
to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture
The meaning of the word scorch is to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| espouse | marry |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| nurture | training |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |