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
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|---|---|
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
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| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
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| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
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