GRE Word List
CATACLYSM
flood
The meaning of the word cataclysm is flood.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scion | descendant |
| spate | freshet |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |