GRE Word List
CARRION
dead and putrefying flesh
The meaning of the word carrion is dead and putrefying flesh.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| spare | not being used |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |