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 |
|---|---|
| colloquy | conversation |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| fell | skin |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| concur | to express agreement |
| spare | not being used |
| headlong | headfirst |