GRE Word List
BUOYANT
having buoyancy
The meaning of the word buoyant is having buoyancy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| charlatan | quack |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |