GRE Word List
GANGRENE
local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply
The meaning of the word gangrene is local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
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| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| hirsute | hairy |
| gnarl | snarl |