GRE Word List
FLUKE
flatfish
The meaning of the word fluke is flatfish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| monotony | tedious sameness |