GRE Word List
NAVIGABLE
deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships
The meaning of the word navigable is deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |