GRE Word List
QUAY
a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place
The meaning of the word quay is a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| genre | a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |