GRE Word List
FRIGID
intensely cold
The meaning of the word frigid is intensely cold.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |