GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| wholesome | promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| imbue | endow |
| demerit | offense |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |