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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predecessorone that precedes
incarnateinvested with bodily and especially human nature and form
behooveto be necessary, proper, or advantageous for
scurvya disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes
corrosivetending or having the power to corrode
floefloating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water
impalpableincapable of being felt by touch : intangible
maniacalaffected with or suggestive of madness
tonsurethe Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head
cringeto recoil in distaste