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 |
|---|---|
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| primal | original |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |