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spate

nounCommon GRE wordMore S words

a sudden, large outpouring or flood of something

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Spate in a sentence

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A spate of resignations followed the merger announcement.

Synonyms
flurrydelugerush
Antonyms
trickledearth

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Questions about “spate”

Spate (noun) means a sudden, large outpouring or flood of something
Here is spate used in an example sentence: "A spate of resignations followed the merger announcement."
Common synonyms for spate include flurry, deluge, rush.
Antonyms of spate include trickle, dearth.
Spate is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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