GRE Word List
ANODYNE
serving to alleviate pain
The meaning of the word anodyne is serving to alleviate pain.
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|---|---|
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
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| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| delve | excavate |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
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