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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| collected | gathered together |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |