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 |
|---|---|
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| regeneration | an act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |