GRE Word List
TEMPERATE
having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature
The meaning of the word temperate is having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |