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.
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vendetta | blood feud |
ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
overthrow | overturn |
renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
dour | stern |
preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |