GRE Word List
TORRENT
a violent or forceful flow of fluid
The meaning of the word torrent is a violent or forceful flow of fluid.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| random | a haphazard course |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| exude | to ooze out |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |