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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| throes | pang |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |