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 |
|---|---|
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |