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 |
|---|---|
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| laud | praise |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |