GRE Word List
TEPID
moderately warm : lukewarm
The meaning of the word tepid is moderately warm : lukewarm.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| unsavory | insipid |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |