GRE Word List
TUMID
marked by swelling : swollen
The meaning of the word tumid is marked by swelling : swollen.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
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