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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| headlong | headfirst |
| mendicant | beggar |