GRE Word List

FETID

having a heavy offensive smell

The meaning of the word fetid is having a heavy offensive smell.

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pungentsharply painful
subsidiaryfurnishing aid or support : auxiliary
symmetrybalanced proportions
sovereignone possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty
bombasticmarked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous
monarchyundivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person
meticulousmarked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details
chameleonany of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal
chasethe hunting of wild animals
reciprocalinversely related : opposite