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 |
|---|---|
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| impuissance | weakness |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| microcosm | a little world |