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 |
|---|---|
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| commune | talk over |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |