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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affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
knoll | a small round hill : mound |
vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |