GRE Word List

ARID

excessively dry

The meaning of the word arid is excessively dry.

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hazymade dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze
engageto offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end
renderto melt down
shunto avoid deliberately and especially habitually
roseateresembling a rose especially in color
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
ensconceshelter
arrearsthe state of being behind in the discharge of obligations
recoursea turning to someone or something for help or protection
scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned