GRE vocabulary
desiccated
thoroughly dried out, drained of all moisture and vitality
In a sentence
Desiccated in a sentence
Here is an example sentence showing desiccated in a sentence.
The desiccated riverbed had not seen water in years.
Synonyms
Antonyms
moisthydratedsucculent
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Common questions
Questions about “desiccated”
Desiccated (adjective) means thoroughly dried out, drained of all moisture and vitality
Here is desiccated used in an example sentence: "The desiccated riverbed had not seen water in years."
Common synonyms for desiccated include dehydrated, parched, arid.
Antonyms of desiccated include moist, hydrated, succulent.
Desiccated is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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