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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| amend | to put right |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |