GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| exploit | deed |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |