GRE Word List
FERVID
very hot : burning
The meaning of the word fervid is very hot : burning.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |