GRE Word List
ODOROUS
having an odor: such as
The meaning of the word odorous is having an odor: such as.
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| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |