GRE Word List
CULVERT
a transverse drain
The meaning of the word culvert is a transverse drain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dint | force |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| demise | death |