GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
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| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
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| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
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