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 |
|---|---|
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |