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
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
oatha solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says
uproariousmarked by uproar
aproposbeing both relevant and opportune
garbledmade unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up
ursineof or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae)
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
despiseto look down on with disrespect or aversion
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
surmisea thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture