GRE Word List
ANODYNE
serving to alleviate pain
The meaning of the word anodyne is serving to alleviate pain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |