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 |
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| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| 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 |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |