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 |
|---|---|
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |