GRE Word List
FETID
having a heavy offensive smell
The meaning of the word fetid is having a heavy offensive smell.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| grudging | unwilling |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |