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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remunerativeserving to remunerate
teneta principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
imperiousmarked by arrogant assurance : domineering
uxoriousexcessively fond of or submissive to a wife
preternaturalexisting outside of nature
implicationsomething implied: such as
withstandto stand up against : oppose with firm determination
plasticitythe quality or state of being plastic
extortto obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring