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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spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
benignof a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life
repastsomething taken as food : meal
timorousof a timid disposition : fearful
decorousmarked by propriety and good taste : correct
amalgamateto unite in or as if in an amalgam
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
intolerantunable or unwilling to endure
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