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 |
|---|---|
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| skimp | skimpy |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |