GRE Word List
CULVERT
a transverse drain
The meaning of the word culvert is a transverse drain.
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| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
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| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
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| belie | to give a false impression of |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |