GRE Word List

CATACLYSM

flood

The meaning of the word cataclysm is flood.

Random words

WordMeaning
exposeto deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition
affrontto insult especially to the face by behavior or language
forensicbelonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate
epauletsomething that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as
lasciviousfilled with or showing sexual desire : lewd
prosaiccharacteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
perpetuateto make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
filthfoul or putrid matter
meretriciousof or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution