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 |
|---|---|
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| sybarite | voluptuary |