GRE Word List
FERVENT
very hot : glowing
The meaning of the word fervent is very hot : glowing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| colloquy | conversation |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| coin | corner |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |