GRE Word List
ANODYNE
serving to alleviate pain
The meaning of the word anodyne is serving to alleviate pain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| stench | stink |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |