GRE Word List

RIVULET

a small stream

The meaning of the word rivulet is a small stream.

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appellationan identifying name or title : designation
distractto draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time
degradationthe act or process of degrading
acousticsa science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound
paraphrasea restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form
stoica member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c.
recalcitrantobstinately defiant of authority or restraint
defectionconscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion
homogeneousof the same or a similar kind or nature
unconscionableshockingly unfair or unjust