GRE Word List

BOTCH

an inflammatory sore

The meaning of the word botch is an inflammatory sore.

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lugubriousmournful
dysenterya disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection
eloquencediscourse marked by force and persuasiveness
vulnerablecapable of being physically or emotionally wounded
disdaina feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn
deploreto feel or express grief for
miserlyof, relating to, or characteristic of a miser
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
misogynista person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person