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 |
|---|---|
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |