GRE Word List
BOTCH
an inflammatory sore
The meaning of the word botch is an inflammatory sore.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| antecede | precede |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| imbue | endow |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |