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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| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
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| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
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| score | twenty |