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 |
|---|---|
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |