GRE Word List
PUTRID
being in a state of putrefaction : rotten
The meaning of the word putrid is being in a state of putrefaction : rotten.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| scion | descendant |