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 |
|---|---|
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| malediction | curse |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
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