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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| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
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| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
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| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |