GRE Word List
SEPTIC
of, relating to, or causing putrefaction
The meaning of the word septic is of, relating to, or causing putrefaction.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |