GRE Word List
FLOUNDER
flatfish
The meaning of the word flounder is flatfish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |