GRE Word List
SPASMODIC
relating to or affected or characterized by spasm
The meaning of the word spasmodic is relating to or affected or characterized by spasm.
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| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
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| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |