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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| shack | hut |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |