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 |
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| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| cipher | zero |