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 |
|---|---|
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |