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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| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| encompass | include |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
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