GRE Word List
TUMID
marked by swelling : swollen
The meaning of the word tumid is marked by swelling : swollen.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |