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 |
|---|---|
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |