GRE Word List
SCAD
any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus)
The meaning of the word scad is any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |