GRE Word List
ANODYNE
serving to alleviate pain
The meaning of the word anodyne is serving to alleviate pain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| schism | division |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |