GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| query | question |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |