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 |
|---|---|
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| acetic | vinegary |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |