GRE Word List
SEPTIC
of, relating to, or causing putrefaction
The meaning of the word septic is of, relating to, or causing putrefaction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| aria | air |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| natal | native |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |