GRE Word List
CHASE
the hunting of wild animals
The meaning of the word chase is the hunting of wild animals.
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 |
| sheer | unqualified |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| lampoon | satire |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| portly | dignified |
| oligarchy | government by the few |