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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |