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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| irate | roused to ire |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |