GRE Word List
TRAVERSE
to go or travel across or over
The meaning of the word traverse is to go or travel across or over.
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| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
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| comport | to be fitting : accord |
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| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |