GRE Word List
FRIGID
intensely cold
The meaning of the word frigid is intensely cold.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| clamor | noisy shouting |