GRE Word List
ANODYNE
serving to alleviate pain
The meaning of the word anodyne is serving to alleviate pain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bulk | magnitude |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |