GRE Word List
ANODYNE
serving to alleviate pain
The meaning of the word anodyne is serving to alleviate pain.
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|---|---|
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| querulous | habitually complaining |
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| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
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| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| devious | wandering |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |