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

WordMeaning
prostratestretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
reprobationthe act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated
decorousmarked by propriety and good taste : correct
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control
worldlyof, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs
overthrowoverturn
eerieso mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine
nullifyto make null (see null
witherto become dry and sapless
unassumingnot assuming : modest