GRE Word List
ARID
excessively dry
The meaning of the word arid is excessively dry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
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| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
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