GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abrasive | causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| unkempt | not combed |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |