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
bemoanto express deep grief or distress over
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
vampirethe reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep
floutto treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn
incredulitythe quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief
strewto spread by scattering
ameliorateto make better or more tolerable
amityfriendship
leerysuspicious
outcastone that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah