GRE Word List
IMMURE
to enclose within or as if within walls
The meaning of the word immure is to enclose within or as if within walls.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| distort | to twist (see twist |