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
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| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |