GRE Word List
GORGE
a narrow passage through land
The meaning of the word gorge is a narrow passage through land.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
suppliant | supplicant |
relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |