GRE Word List
ASTRINGENT
causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic
The meaning of the word astringent is causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic.
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| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
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| sledge | sledgehammer |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
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| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
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| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |