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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| sleek | slick |
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