GRE Word List

CATACLYSM

flood

The meaning of the word cataclysm is flood.

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overturean initiative toward agreement or action : proposal
inferto derive as a conclusion from facts or premises
permeablecapable of being permeated : penetrable
obsoleteno longer in use or no longer useful
bruisean injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion
jesta joking or mocking remark
gyroscopea 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
bolstera long pillow or cushion
descryto catch sight of
credentialwarranting credit or confidence