GRE Word List
GALLEON
a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
The meaning of the word galleon is a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |