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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prudea person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum
preciseexactly or sharply defined or stated
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minusculevery small
repellentserving or tending to drive away or ward off
embodyto give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate
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harrowingacutely distressing or painful
untenablenot able to be defended