GRE Word List

MALODOROUS

having a bad odor

The meaning of the word malodorous is having a bad odor.

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apothegma short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism
undertakerone who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur
etymologythe 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
painstakingtaking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort
mundaneof, relating to, or characteristic of the world
startto move suddenly and violently : spring
brindledhaving obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground
truncateto shorten by or as if by cutting off
collateralproperty (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender
compriseto be made up of