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 |
|---|---|
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| historic | historical |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |