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 |
|---|---|
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |