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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |