GRE Word List

CARNAGE

the flesh of slain animals or humans

The meaning of the word carnage is the flesh of slain animals or humans.

Random words

WordMeaning
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
peremptoryputting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay
venialof a kind that can be remitted : forgivable
interveneto occur, fall, or come between points of time or events
cherubican order of angels see celestial hierarchy
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
expoundto set forth : state
scruplea unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table
docketa brief written summary of a document : abstract
insubordinationdisobedient to authority