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 |
|---|---|
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| steep | lofty |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |