GRE Word List
TYPHOON
a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea
The meaning of the word typhoon is a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
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| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| osseous | bony |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |