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 |
|---|---|
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |