GRE Word List
EMBARK
to go on board a vehicle for transportation
The meaning of the word embark is to go on board a vehicle for transportation.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| quench | put out |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |