GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| bauble | trinket |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |