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 |
|---|---|
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| wont | accustomed |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |