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 |
|---|---|
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| realm | kingdom |