GRE Word List
ARID
excessively dry
The meaning of the word arid is excessively dry.
Random words
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deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
anarchy | absence of government |
brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |