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 |
|---|---|
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| pending | during |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |