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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fazeto disturb the composure of : disconcert
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
innocuousproducing no injury : harmless
calculatedapt
mollifyto soothe in temper or disposition : appease
reverendworthy of reverence : revered
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
disconsolatecheerless
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
juga large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle