GRE Word List
CATACLYSM
flood
The meaning of the word cataclysm is flood.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unsavory | insipid |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |