GRE Word List
ARCHIPELAGO
an expanse of water with many scattered islands
The meaning of the word archipelago is an expanse of water with many scattered islands.
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| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
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| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |