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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| paradigm | example |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| verge | brink |
| spoof | deceive |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
