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 |
|---|---|
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| canny | clever |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |