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

WordMeaning
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
celestialof, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity
fugitiverunning away or intending flight
opulencewealth
travailwork especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil
buccaneerany of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies
vacuousemptied of or lacking content
lotan object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with
crinkleto form many short bends or ripples