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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| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
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| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |