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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prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
mischance | bad luck |
cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
fiasco | a complete failure |