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 |
|---|---|
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |