GRE Word List
ARROYO
a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region
The meaning of the word arroyo is a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| pander | to act as a pander |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| cataclysm | flood |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |