GRE Word List
DYSENTERY
a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection
The meaning of the word dysentery is a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dingy | dirty |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| overweening | arrogant |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |