GRE Word List

CATACLYSM

flood

The meaning of the word cataclysm is flood.

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awla pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood)
retortto pay or hurl back : return
stalematea drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
grimfierce in disposition or action : savage
nemesisthe Greek goddess of retributive justice
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
amphitheateran oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles
bereavementthe state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone