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 |
|---|---|
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |