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 |
|---|---|
| expiate | to make amends for |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |