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necrotic

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore N words

relating to or affected by the death and decay of living tissue

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Surgeons removed the necrotic tissue to halt the infection.

Synonyms
deadgangrenousmortified
Antonyms
healthylivingviable

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Verbal · Text Completion

The committee's report was praised for its candor, yet its central recommendation was so blank that administrators could cite it to justify nearly any policy they had already resolved to pursue.

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Necrotic (adjective) means relating to or affected by the death and decay of living tissue
Here is necrotic used in an example sentence: "Surgeons removed the necrotic tissue to halt the infection."
Common synonyms for necrotic include dead, gangrenous, mortified.
Antonyms of necrotic include healthy, living, viable.
Necrotic is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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