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 |
|---|---|
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |