GRE Word List

SPATE

freshet

The meaning of the word spate is freshet.

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canterone who uses cant: such as
correlationthe state or relation of being correlated
earnto receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered
conteststrive
burgeonto send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout
swelterto suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat
bacchanaliana Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry
agglomerationthe action or process of collecting in a mass
shrewany of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")