GRE Word List

FLUKE

flatfish

The meaning of the word fluke is flatfish.

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venerateto regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
hideousoffensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly
wrytwist
entreethe act or manner of entering : entrance
talismanan object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune
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ewethe female of the sheep especially when mature
heraldan official at a tournament of arms (see arm
gerontocracyrule by elders
epitaphan inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there