GRE Word List
OLFACTORY
concerning the sense of smell
The meaning of the word olfactory is concerning the sense of smell.
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Word | Meaning |
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discordant | not harmonious; conflicting |
transmute | transform; change; convert to something different |
prohibitive | so high as to prohibit purchase or use; tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; prohibiting; inclined to prevent or forbid; Ex. prohibitive tax |
chide | scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong) |
presumptuous | going beyond what is right; excessively forward; arrogant; taking liberties |
interregnum | period between two successive reigns or governments |
blemish | mar; spoil the beauty or perfection of; N: flaw or defect (that spoils perfection); Ex. blemishes in the crystal; CF. unblemished |
probe | explore with a probe or tools; investigate; N: slender instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity; device designed to investigate an unknown region; thorough investigation; Ex. space probe |
disjunction | act or state of separation; disunity; CF. disjunctive: expressing a choice between two ideas; CF. conjunction; CF. conjunctive |
droop | bend or hang downward; become weakened; Ex. His shoulders drooped with tiredness; N. |