GRE Word List
FRIGID
intensely cold
The meaning of the word frigid is intensely cold.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |