GRE Word List
MALODOROUS
having a bad odor
The meaning of the word malodorous is having a bad odor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| comprise | to be made up of |