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 |
|---|---|
| passe | past one's prime |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| 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 |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |