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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| upright | perpendicular |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| brook | creek |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |