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.
Random words
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| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| hardy | bold |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |