GRE Word List
FLUKE
flatfish
The meaning of the word fluke is flatfish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |