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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| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| impinge | encroach |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
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| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| ramification | branch |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
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