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 |
|---|---|
| obscure | dark |
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| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
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| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |