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.

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wizenedto become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
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invocationthe act or process of petitioning for help or support
nascentcoming or having recently come into existence
forestallto exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures
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