GRE Word List
ARMADA
a fleet of warships
The meaning of the word armada is a fleet of warships.
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| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
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| mystic | mystical |
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