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
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| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
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| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
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| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
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