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 |
|---|---|
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
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| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| politic | political |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |