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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|---|---|
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| contrive | devise |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |