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 |
|---|---|
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |