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 |
|---|---|
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| calorific | caloric |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |