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 |
|---|---|
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| minuscule | very small |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |