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 |
|---|---|
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| obscure | dark |
| recast | to cast again |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |