GRE Word List
CULVERT
a transverse drain
The meaning of the word culvert is a transverse drain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| enhance | heighten |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |