GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |