GRE Word List
CARRION
dead and putrefying flesh
The meaning of the word carrion is dead and putrefying flesh.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |