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 |
|---|---|
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| cue | the letter q |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| 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 |
| reek | smoke |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| contagion | a contagious disease |