GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |