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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venalcapable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable
inanimatenot animate:
diligencesteady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity
siblingsib
profaneto treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate
determinationa judicial decision settling and ending a controversy
asymmetrichaving two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical
depravitya corrupt act or practice
egothe self especially as contrasted with another self or the world
matrixsomething within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form