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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| docile | easily taught |
| evenhanded | fair |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |