GRE Word List

CATACLYSM

flood

The meaning of the word cataclysm is flood.

Random words

WordMeaning
baitto persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks
turbidthick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment
continencethe ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
grudgeto be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully
guilelessinnocent
pandemicoccurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
goadto incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad
subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
perspicuityplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation