GRE Word List
BOTCH
an inflammatory sore
The meaning of the word botch is an inflammatory sore.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| devious | wandering |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |