GRE Word List
SMEAR
a viscous or sticky substance
The meaning of the word smear is a viscous or sticky substance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| outmoded | not being in style |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |