GRE Word List
DINGHY
a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat
The meaning of the word dinghy is a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |