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 |
|---|---|
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
| wreak | bring about |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |