GRE Word List
BRACKISH
somewhat salty
The meaning of the word brackish is somewhat salty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
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| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| thespian | actor |