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 |
|---|---|
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |