GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |