GRE Word List
BOTCH
an inflammatory sore
The meaning of the word botch is an inflammatory sore.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| dyslexia | a variable often familial learning disability involving difficulties in acquiring and processing language that is typically manifested by a lack of proficiency in reading, spelling, and writing |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |