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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |