GRE Word List
FLUTTER
to flap the wings rapidly
The meaning of the word flutter is to flap the wings rapidly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| executioner | one who executes |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| brook | creek |