GRE Word List

BRACKISH

somewhat salty

The meaning of the word brackish is somewhat salty.

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conduita natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed
carpingmarked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
ragamuffina ragged often disreputable person
reticentinclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved
retributionrecompense
obtrudeto thrust out : extrude
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
miserlyof, relating to, or characteristic of a miser
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law