GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |