GRE Word List

MELLIFLUOUS

having a smooth rich flow

The meaning of the word mellifluous is having a smooth rich flow.

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prodto thrust a pointed instrument into : prick
gustatoryrelating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste
defaultfailure to do something required by duty or law : neglect
gamelya physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other
ascertainto find out or learn with certainty
deadlocka state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill
intermittentcoming and going at intervals : not continuous
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
bastiona projecting part of a fortification
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign