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 |
|---|---|
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |