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 |
|---|---|
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |