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 |
|---|---|
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| savant | a person of learning |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |