GRE Word List

MARITIME

of, relating to, or bordering on the sea

The meaning of the word maritime is of, relating to, or bordering on the sea.

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testatora person who dies leaving a will or testament in force
enactto establish by legal and authoritative act
composurea calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession
pigmenta substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials
expostulationan act or an instance of expostulating
welterwrithe
dispelto drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate
impudencethe quality or state of being impudent
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter