GRE Word List
SPATE
freshet
The meaning of the word spate is freshet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| sophist | philosopher |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |