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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cantthe expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments
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collateto compare critically
largessliberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior
qualifyto reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify
deploreto feel or express grief for
misogynista person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person
dwindleto become steadily less : shrink
perforateto make a hole through
centripetalproceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis