GRE Word List
PUTRESCENT
undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid
The meaning of the word putrescent is undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| lewd | obscene |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |