GRE Word List
AURORAL
dawn
The meaning of the word auroral is dawn.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |