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 |
|---|---|
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| etymology | the 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 |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |