GRE Word List
CATACLYSM
flood
The meaning of the word cataclysm is flood.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| quotidian | occurring every day |