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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| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
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| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
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