GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |