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 |
|---|---|
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| brawny | muscular |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |