GRE Word List
CHAR
any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots
The meaning of the word char is any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |