GRE Word List

PUTREFY

to make putrid

The meaning of the word putrefy is to make putrid.

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WordMeaning
mercantileof or relating to merchants or trading
predicamentthe character, status, or classification assigned by a predication
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prophylacticguarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection
vagrantone who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support
blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
engulfto flow over and enclose : overwhelm
presagesomething that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen
nutritionthe act or process of nourishing or being nourished
ignominydeep personal humiliation and disgrace