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).
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| Word | Meaning |
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| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| onus | burden |
| quorum | a select group |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |