GRE Word List
CREST
a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration
The meaning of the word crest is a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration.
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| 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 |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| fiend | devil |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |