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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WordMeaning
frustrateto balk or defeat in an endeavor
intractablenot easily governed, managed, or directed
promiscuoushaving or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners
superfluousexceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra
compileto compose out of materials from other documents
idlenot occupied or employed: such as
solventable to pay all legal debts
opiatean alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance
bombardmenta late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones
pulmonaryof, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs