GRE Word List

FRIGID

intensely cold

The meaning of the word frigid is intensely cold.

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deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
contextthe parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning
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pontificalepiscopal attire
filibusteran irregular military adventurer
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
genealogyan account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms
sageone (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom
clamornoisy shouting