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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exquisitemarked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution
timorousof a timid disposition : fearful
shedto rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted
cessationa temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop
sentinelsentry
exceptionablebeing likely to cause objection : objectionable
extricateto free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
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paeana joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph
perverseturned away from what is right or good : corrupt