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 |
|---|---|
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| pugilist | fighter |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| lampoon | satire |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |