GRE Word List
PUTREFY
to make putrid
The meaning of the word putrefy is to make putrid.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |