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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complicityassociation or participation in or as if in a wrongful act
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expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense
sheatheto put into or furnish with a sheath
curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part
credulityreadiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence
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