GRE Word List

ANODYNE

serving to alleviate pain

The meaning of the word anodyne is serving to alleviate pain.

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sententiousgiven to or abounding in aphoristic expression
resourcefulable to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
emancipateto free from restraint, control, or the power of another
exemplarydeserving imitation : commendable
condigndeserved
itinerarythe route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one
insubstantialnot substantial: such as
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
slanderto utter slander against : defame