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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |