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 |
|---|---|
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| modish | fashionable |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |