GRE Word List
CARRION
dead and putrefying flesh
The meaning of the word carrion is dead and putrefying flesh.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |