GRE Word List
SPAWN
to deposit or fertilize spawn
The meaning of the word spawn is to deposit or fertilize spawn.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| 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 |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| devious | wandering |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |