GRE Word List
CARRION
dead and putrefying flesh
The meaning of the word carrion is dead and putrefying flesh.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |