GRE Word List
CARRION
dead and putrefying flesh
The meaning of the word carrion is dead and putrefying flesh.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| purse | a small bag for money |