GRE Word List

FLECK

streak

The meaning of the word fleck is streak.

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WordMeaning
scowlto contract the brow in an expression of displeasure
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
incredulousunwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical
bereavedsuffering the death of a loved one
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)
pushyaggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
compulsionan act of compelling
rivuleta small stream
paupera person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity