GRE Word List
PUTRESCENT
undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid
The meaning of the word putrescent is undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distant | separated in space : away |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |