GRE Word List
ANODYNE
serving to alleviate pain
The meaning of the word anodyne is serving to alleviate pain.
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| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
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| rarefied | being less dense |
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| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
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