GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pediatrician | a specialist in pediatrics |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |