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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
