GRE Word List

FLUKE

flatfish

The meaning of the word fluke is flatfish.

Random words

WordMeaning
scrimmagea minor battle : skirmish
carousala wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse
coalesceto grow together
alludeto make indirect reference
thriftygiven to or marked by economy and good management
flauntto display or obtrude oneself to public notice
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
impetusa driving force : impulse
plumba lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction
resignationan act or instance of resigning something : surrender