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 |
|---|---|
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| purported | reputed |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |