GRE Word List
BOTCH
an inflammatory sore
The meaning of the word botch is an inflammatory sore.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nourish | nurture |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |