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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| throes | pang |
| appease | pacify |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| mendicant | beggar |