GRE Word List

SPATE

freshet

The meaning of the word spate is freshet.

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WordMeaning
reserveto hold in reserve : keep back
perigeethe point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth
flashylacking in substance or flavor : insipid
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
elaborationplanned or carried out with great care
glibshowing little forethought or preparation : offhand
optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
defrockto deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office
prunea plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation