GRE Word List

FLEET

a number of warships under a single command

The meaning of the word fleet is a number of warships under a single command.

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WordMeaning
incidentalbeing likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence
squatto cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground
consequentialof the nature of a secondary result : indirect
perigeethe point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
criteriaa standard on which a judgment or decision may be based
disavowalto deny responsibility for : repudiate
throespang
functionalof, connected with, or being a function
concentrichaving a common center