GRE Word List
NAUTICAL
of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships
The meaning of the word nautical is of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| engender | beget |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| ram | a male sheep |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |