GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |