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 |
|---|---|
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |