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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|---|---|
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
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| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| flighty | swift |
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