GRE Word List
FLUKE
flatfish
The meaning of the word fluke is flatfish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |