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 |
|---|---|
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| convention | agreement |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| distend | extend |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| warrant | sanction |