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 |
|---|---|
| seemly | good-looking |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |