GRE Word List
DRAFT
the act of drawing or pulling in a net
The meaning of the word draft is the act of drawing or pulling in a net.
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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 |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |