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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |