drenched

Completely soaked with water.

drenched in a sentence

Caught in the sudden downpour without a coat, we arrived home drenched from head to toe.
One splash from the whale left the front row of the boat completely drenched.

Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.

Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to drenched?

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A: dry. The other three mean nearly the same as drenched.

soaked, wet, dripping

dry

drought: A long time with little or no rain, when the land dries out.
erode: To wear something away slowly, little by little.
extinction: The dying out of a whole kind of animal or plant, so that none are left.
famine: A time when there is not enough food for many people to eat.
fertile: Able to grow plenty of healthy plants or crops.
flourish: To grow strongly and do very well.
fragrant: Having a sweet, pleasant smell.
frigid: Extremely cold.

Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test