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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |