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 |
|---|---|
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| shove | to push along |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| mortician | undertaker |
| manifestation | the act, process, or an instance of manifesting |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |