GRE Word List
ANODYNE
serving to alleviate pain
The meaning of the word anodyne is serving to alleviate pain.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| haggard | not tamed |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
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