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.

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drossthe scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal
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smeltany 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
incarcerateto put in prison
bereavedsuffering the death of a loved one
outgoinggoing away : departing
carpingmarked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism
frivolousof little weight or importance
librettothe text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater
protractto prolong in time or space : continue