GRE Word List
FLUKE
flatfish
The meaning of the word fluke is flatfish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| primal | original |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |