GRE Word List
FLECK
streak
The meaning of the word fleck is streak.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |