GRE Word List

BARRAGE

a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation

The meaning of the word barrage is a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation.

Random words

WordMeaning
cloistera monastic establishment
accompliceone associated with another especially in wrongdoing
luminousemitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light
jadedfatigued by overwork : exhausted
somnolentof a kind likely to induce sleep
redressto set right : remedy
besmirchto cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully
eccentricitythe quality or state of being eccentric
sounda particular auditory impression : tone
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid