GRE Word List
SMELT
any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste
The meaning of the word smelt is any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste.
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| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
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| waif | a stray person or animal |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| ancillary | subordinate |
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| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |