GRE Word List
RIVULET
a small stream
The meaning of the word rivulet is a small stream.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |