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 |
|---|---|
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| dynamo | generator |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| aseptic | preventing infection |