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 |
|---|---|
| disquietude | anxiety |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |