GRE Word List
FRIGID
intensely cold; cold in manner; Ex. frigid zone
The meaning of the word frigid is intensely cold; cold in manner; Ex. frigid zone.
Random words
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parquet | floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosaic like matter; CF. strip: long narrow piece |
overt | open to view; public; not secret; CF. covert |
transmute | transform; change; convert to something different |
sleazy | shabby and dirty; flimsy; insubstantial; Ex. sleazy back-street hotel/fabric |
brood | sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time |
hibernate | sleep throughout the winter; N. hibernation |
maladroit | clumsy; not skillful; awkward; bungling |
befuddle | confuse thoroughly |
evanescent | fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing; V. evanesce |
ubiquitous | being everywhere; omnipresent; N. ubiquity |