GRE Word List

FLUKE

flatfish

The meaning of the word fluke is flatfish.

Random words

WordMeaning
conveneto come together in a body
punctiliousmarked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions
antiquityancient times
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
sentimentalmarked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism
prostratestretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
dilatorytending or intended to cause delay
clandestinemarked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
touchymarked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation