GRE Word List
FLEDGLING
a young bird just fledged (see fledge
The meaning of the word fledgling is a young bird just fledged (see fledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |