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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| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
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| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |