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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WordMeaning
arduoushard to accomplish or achieve : difficult
torpedoa weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as
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
detrimentalobviously harmful : damaging
rendezvousa place appointed for assembling or meeting
tatterto make ragged
bugabooan imaginary object of fear
decapitateto cut off the head of : behead
quandarya state of perplexity or doubt
shangri-laa remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia