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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| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
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| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| shove | to push along |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
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