GRE Word List
CATACLYSM
flood
The meaning of the word cataclysm is flood.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| nullify | to make null (see null |