GRE Word List
CATACLYSM
flood
The meaning of the word cataclysm is flood.
Random words
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|---|---|
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| engender | beget |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |