GRE Word List
ANALGESIA
insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
The meaning of the word analgesia is insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| postulate | demand |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |