GRE Word List
ALIMENTARY
of or relating to nourishment or nutrition
The meaning of the word alimentary is of or relating to nourishment or nutrition.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |