GRE Word List

BRACKISH

somewhat salty

The meaning of the word brackish is somewhat salty.

Random words

WordMeaning
colandera perforated utensil for washing or draining food
cloistera monastic establishment
goadto incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad
dooma law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England
ambushto attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay
epauletsomething that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as
amnestythe act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
convulsionan abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles
impregnableincapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable