GRE Word List
PINNACE
a light sailing ship
The meaning of the word pinnace is a light sailing ship.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |