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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |