GRE Word List

CULVERT

a transverse drain

The meaning of the word culvert is a transverse drain.

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trenchantkeen
marredto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
glossarya collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings
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scintillateto emit sparks : spark
culinaryof or relating to the kitchen or cookery
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
satesatisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
maraudto roam about and raid in search of plunder