GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |