GRE Word List
ANODYNE
serving to alleviate pain
The meaning of the word anodyne is serving to alleviate pain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| hap | happening |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |