GRE Word List

CASCADE

a steep usually small fall of water

The meaning of the word cascade is a steep usually small fall of water.

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WordMeaning
wilyfull of wiles : crafty
aproposbeing both relevant and opportune
pathetichaving a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
distractto draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time
requiema mass for the dead
lunarcrescent
ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
impalpableincapable of being felt by touch : intangible
migrantone that migrates: such as
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work