GRE Word List
BRACKISH
somewhat salty
The meaning of the word brackish is somewhat salty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| retribution | recompense |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| metaphor | a 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) |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| pharisee | a 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 |