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 |
|---|---|
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |