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 |
|---|---|
| colloquy | conversation |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| finished | entirely done |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| lofty | elevated in character and spirit : noble |
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |