GRE Word List

SALVAGE

compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck

The meaning of the word salvage is compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck.

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WordMeaning
impromptumade, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised
prosaiccharacteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
aperturean opening or open space : hole
banea source of harm or ruin : curse
deprecateto express disapproval of
inequityinjustice
resurrectto raise from the dead
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
stumpthe basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed
institutesomething that is instituted: such as