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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| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| marked | having an identifying mark |