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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|---|---|
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
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| relish | characteristic flavor |
| historic | historical |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| fleck | streak |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |