GRE Word List
SLUICE
artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow)
The meaning of the word sluice is artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| generic | characteristic of an entire class or species; of a genus |
| impalpable | imperceptible(not easily understood); intangible; OP. palpable: tangible; easily perceptible |
| minion | servile dependent; obsequious follower |
| factotum | handyman; person who does all kinds of work; CF. do everything |
| choleric | hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera |
| pediatrician | physician specializing in children's diseases; N. pediatrics |
| epoch | period of time |
| lunar | pertaining to the moon |
| caucus | private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy; CF. the Caucus club of Boston |
| construe | explain; interpret; Ex. construe her silence as meaning that she agreed; CF. misconstrue |