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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fidelitythe quality or state of being faithful
foresightan act or the power of foreseeing : prescience
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dowrythe money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage
disquietudeanxiety
servitudea condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life
onerousinvolving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome
refuteto prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
upbraidto criticize severely : find fault with