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Meaning of graveolence | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A strong offensive smell; rancidity.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“[…] to destroy in the flower of its beauty, then ruthlessly casts it from him as a rank and loathsome weed, without reflecting that he first robbed it of its redolence; was himself the cause of that graveolence which he then finds so offensive.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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