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 |
|---|---|
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |