GRE Word List
FERVID
very hot : burning
The meaning of the word fervid is very hot : burning.
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Word | Meaning |
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kismet | fate |
incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
rubric | an authoritative rule |
infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
belabor | to attack verbally |
protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |