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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| provenance | origin |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |