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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| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| puerile | juvenile |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |