GRE Word List
FLUKE
flatfish
The meaning of the word fluke is flatfish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| provident | frugal |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |