GRE Word List

PUTRESCENT

undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid

The meaning of the word putrescent is undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid.

Random words

WordMeaning
rebuttalthe act of rebutting especially in a legal suit
transportto transfer or convey from one place to another
undermineto subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly
carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
serebeing dried and withered
voluminoushaving or marked by great volume or bulk : large
modishfashionable
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection
jaundicedaffected with or as if with jaundice
oligarchygovernment by the few