GRE Word List
FLUKE
flatfish
The meaning of the word fluke is flatfish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |