GRE Word List
TUMID
marked by swelling : swollen
The meaning of the word tumid is marked by swelling : swollen.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| convention | agreement |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |