GRE Word List

AVALANCHE

a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice

The meaning of the word avalanche is a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice.

Random words

WordMeaning
implicateto bring into intimate or incriminating connection
presagesomething that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen
irreconcilableimpossible to reconcile
commemorateto call to remembrance
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
verisimilitudethe quality or state of being verisimilar
repealto rescind or annul by authoritative act
outstripto go faster or farther than
deflectto turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction
multilingualof, having, or expressed in several languages