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 |
|---|---|
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
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| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |