GRE Word List
LUSCIOUS
having a delicious taste or smell : sweet
The meaning of the word luscious is having a delicious taste or smell : sweet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| integrate | to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole : unite |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| 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 |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |