GRE Word List

CARRION

dead and putrefying flesh

The meaning of the word carrion is dead and putrefying flesh.

Random words

WordMeaning
accoutreto provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit
shamblesa meat market
boorpeasant
incommodiousnot commodious : inconvenient
deadpanmarked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression
disjunctiona sharp cleavage : disunion
disconcertto throw into confusion
smotherto kill by depriving of air
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
victualsfood usable by people