GRE Word List
ARID
excessively dry
The meaning of the word arid is excessively dry.
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abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
shambles | a meat market |
anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
enduring | lasting |
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upshot | the final result : outcome |
prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
elusive | tending to elude: such as |
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