GRE Word List

BOTCH

an inflammatory sore

The meaning of the word botch is an inflammatory sore.

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almssomething (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor
universalincluding or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception
expansivehaving a capacity or a tendency to expand
sedatekeeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled
feuda mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate
impoverishto make poor
bombardmenta late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones
proliferateto grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring
cornicethe molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration
coymarked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness