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 |
|---|---|
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| privy | private |
| obscure | dark |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |