GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| puerile | juvenile |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| intermediary | mediator |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |