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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|---|---|
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
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| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
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