GRE Word List
BRACKISH
somewhat salty
The meaning of the word brackish is somewhat salty.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |