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 |
|---|---|
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| farce | stuff |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |