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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WordMeaning
palimpsestwriting material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
requiteto make return for : repay
chideto speak out in angry or displeased rebuke
tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs
inchoatebeing only partly in existence or operation : incipient
complacencyself-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
inadvertentlyunintentional
compulsorymandatory
melancholydepression of spirits : dejection
forbearancea refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due