Unit 22 Vocabulary Flashcards
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Rancid
rotten, spoiled adj.
Syn: soured
Ant: fresh
Ranc
to stink
Rancor
bitterness, hostility n.
Syn: enmity
Ant: friendliness
Putr
rotten
Putrefy
to rot, to decompose v.
Putrid
rotten, suggesting decomposition adj.
Syn: rancid
Stagn
to stagnate, form a pool of standing water
Stagnant
unhealthy because of lack of movement adj.
Syn: sluggish
Ant: invigorating
Stagnate
to stop moving or growing, to become unhealthy because of lack of movement v.
Syn: vegetate
Odor
smell
Malodorous
foul-smelling adj.
Odoriferous
giving off an odor adj.
Ol
to smell
Olfactory
having to do with the sense of smell adj.
Redolent
suggesting, carrying the hint of adj.
Syn: reminiscent
Fet
to stink
Fetid
having an unpleasant smell adj.