GRE Word List
BOTCH
an inflammatory sore
The meaning of the word botch is an inflammatory sore.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| gnome | maxim |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
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| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| upright | perpendicular |