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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WordMeaning
disapprobationthe act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation
artlesslacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured
desecrateto violate the sanctity of : profane
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
rakishof, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute
regenta person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign
raptlifted up and carried away
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
polygamistmarriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry
elasticcapable of recovering size and shape after deformation