GRE Word List

PUTREFY

to make putrid

The meaning of the word putrefy is to make putrid.

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induceto move by persuasion or influence
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appreciateto grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of
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apathylack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness
mimicryan instance of mimicking
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vitreousresembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy
hypocriticalcharacterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy