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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| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |