GRE Word List
GALLEON
large three-masted sailing ship
The meaning of the word galleon is large three-masted sailing ship.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sneak | move, give, or take in a quiet, stealthy way; N: one who sneaks; ADJ. sneaky |
| impetus | moving force; momentum; force of a moving body; incentive; stimulus; impulse |
| domineer | rule over tyrannically |
| dazzle | make blind with a sudden intense light; amaze; fill with wonder |
| colossal | huge |
| antecedents | preceding events that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background |
| facile | easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial; not deep; Ex. facile solution to a complex problem; Ex. facile speaker; N. facility: ability to do something easily and well; ease in doing resulting from skill or aptitude; something that facilitates an action; amenity; Ex. with great facility |
| pallet | small poor bed; Ex. straw pallet |
| preamble | introductory statement |
| transition | going from one state of action to another |
