GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |