GRE Word List
DELUGE
an overflowing of the land by water
The meaning of the word deluge is an overflowing of the land by water.
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| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |