GRE Word List
BRACKISH
somewhat saline
The meaning of the word brackish is somewhat saline.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aseptic | preventing infection; having a cleansing effect |
| effervescence | inner excitement or exuberance; showing high spirits; emitting bubbles forming inside; bubbling from fermentation or carbonation; ADJ. effervescent; V. effervesce |
| dart | move or throw suddenly and quickly |
| sybarite | lover of luxury; person devoted to pleasure and luxury; CF. Sybaris: an ancient Greek city in Italy |
| leeway | room to move; margin; latitude; Ex. leeway for the deadline |
| coeval | living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age |
| fluted | having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar); V. flute: make long parallel inward curves in; N. flute: long rounded groove incised on the shaft of a column |
| ramp | slope; inclined plane or roadway (connecting two levels) |
| demean | disgrace; humiliate; debase in dignity; behave |
| rusticate | banish to the country; dwell in the country |