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 |
|---|---|
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| thespian | actor |
| lampoon | satire |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |