GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |