GRE Word List
UNFLEDGED
not feathered : not ready for flight
The meaning of the word unfledged is not feathered : not ready for flight.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| whittle | a large knife |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| flighty | swift |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |