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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| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
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| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
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| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |