GRE Word List
ODORIFEROUS
yielding an odor : odorous
The meaning of the word odoriferous is yielding an odor : odorous.
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| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |