GRE Word List
FERVENT
ardent; zealous; hot
The meaning of the word fervent is ardent; zealous; hot.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intermittent | periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals |
| capillary | having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity |
| repulse | reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship); drive back (an enemy attack); CF. repulse $\neq$ cause repulsion |
| callous | hardened; unfeeling; without sympathy for the sufferings of others; unkind |
| cordon | extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress; (어깨에서 겨드랑 밑으로 걸치는) 장식 리본; V. |
| flail | beat with or as if with a flail; move wildly; thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about; N: threshing tool consisting of a stick swinging from the end of a long handle |
| impolitic | not wise; not expedient; not politic |
| grudging | unwilling; reluctant; stingy(giving reluctantly) |
| maim | mutilate; injure lastingly; disable; cripple; Ex. maimed for life |
| dismember | cut into small parts; cut (a body) apart limb from limb |