GRE Word List
CATACLYSM
flood
The meaning of the word cataclysm is flood.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |