GRE Word List
ARID
excessively dry
The meaning of the word arid is excessively dry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| hallowed | holy |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |