GRE Word List
FATHOM
a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water
The meaning of the word fathom is a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ravenous | rapacious |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| ignite | to set afire |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| fell | skin |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |