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 |
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| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| vixen | a female fox |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| prattle | prate |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |