GRE Word List
FRIGID
intensely cold
The meaning of the word frigid is intensely cold.
Random words
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quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |