GRE Word List
CULVERT
a transverse drain
The meaning of the word culvert is a transverse drain.
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| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| overweening | arrogant |
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| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
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| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |