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 |
|---|---|
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| quench | put out |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |