GRE Word List

FILTH

foul or putrid matter

The meaning of the word filth is foul or putrid matter.

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WordMeaning
flaccidnot firm or stiff
canarda false or unfounded report or story
interpolateto alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
hygienea science of the establishment and maintenance of health
truncateto shorten by or as if by cutting off
sophomoricconceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature
continencethe ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
lilliputianof, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput
instigateto goad or urge forward : provoke