GRE Word List
CARRION
dead and putrefying flesh
The meaning of the word carrion is dead and putrefying flesh.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| provident | frugal |