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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |