GRE Word List
ANODYNE
serving to alleviate pain
The meaning of the word anodyne is serving to alleviate pain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| demented | mad |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |