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 |
|---|---|
| swill | wash |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |