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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| rift | fissure |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |