GRE Word List
CARRION
dead and putrefying flesh
The meaning of the word carrion is dead and putrefying flesh.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| fester | to generate pus |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| bulk | magnitude |