GRE Word List
FERVOR
intensity of feeling or expression
The meaning of the word fervor is intensity of feeling or expression.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| sleek | slick |