GRE Word List
GLUT
to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand
The meaning of the word glut is to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quicksilver | mercury |
| 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 |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |