GRE Word List

FRIGID

intensely cold

The meaning of the word frigid is intensely cold.

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WordMeaning
imperilto bring into peril : endanger
etymologythe 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
chivalrousvaliant
refractoryresisting control or authority : stubborn
suffocateto stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation)
arbitera person with power to decide a dispute : judge
heterodoxcontrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox
satyra sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry
sumptuousextremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent
abusiveusing harsh, insulting language