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putrescent

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore P words

in the process of rotting and giving off a foul smell

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Putrescent in a sentence

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A putrescent odor drifted from the neglected refrigerator.

Synonyms
rottingdecayingputrefying
Antonyms
freshwholesomesound

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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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Putrescent (adjective) means in the process of rotting and giving off a foul smell
Here is putrescent used in an example sentence: "A putrescent odor drifted from the neglected refrigerator."
Common synonyms for putrescent include rotting, decaying, putrefying.
Antonyms of putrescent include fresh, wholesome, sound.
Putrescent is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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