GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transport | to transfer or convey from one place to another |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |