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.
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| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| circlet | a little circle |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| viable | capable of living |
| impuissance | weakness |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| demise | death |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |