GRE Word List
SLUICE
an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow
The meaning of the word sluice is an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| 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 |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |