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 |
|---|---|
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| lampoon | satire |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |