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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| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| concordat | compact |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |