GRE Word List
PUTRESCENT
undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid
The meaning of the word putrescent is undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| mortician | undertaker |
| fleck | streak |
| foppish | foolish |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| modish | fashionable |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |