GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concentric | having a common center |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |