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 |
|---|---|
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| fleck | streak |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| defer | put off |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| trample | tramp |