GRE Word List

ANALGESIC

an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia

The meaning of the word analgesic is an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia.

Random words

WordMeaning
tertiaryof third rank, importance, or value
laboriousinvolving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
confidentialmarked by intimacy or willingness to confide
swampa wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water
paranoiamental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
bloatedoverfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc.
pathologicalof or relating to pathology
braidto make from braids
nebulaany of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space