GRE Word List

GORGE

a narrow passage through land

The meaning of the word gorge is a narrow passage through land.

Random words

WordMeaning
commandeerto compel to perform military service
swampa wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water
embossto raise the surface of into bosses
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
censurea judgment involving condemnation
talonthe claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey
fussyeasily upset : irritable
tutelaryhaving the guardianship of a person or a thing
confluencea coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point
grandiosecharacterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration