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 |
|---|---|
| dilute | attenuate |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| sophist | philosopher |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| prank | trick |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |