GRE Word List
ANODYNE
serving to alleviate pain
The meaning of the word anodyne is serving to alleviate pain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |
| superannuated | outmoded |