GRE Word List

TORPEDO

a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as

The meaning of the word torpedo is a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as.

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ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
plenitudethe quality or state of being full : completeness
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
liquidateto determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts)
fervidvery hot : burning
forerunnerone that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as
preciseexactly or sharply defined or stated
debilitateto impair the strength of : enfeeble
seinea large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore
effectuateto cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect