GRE Word List
TORRID
parched with heat especially of the sun : hot
The meaning of the word torrid is parched with heat especially of the sun : hot.
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shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
fell | skin |
parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
rally | to muster for a common purpose |
engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
prong | fork |
nourishment | food |