GRE Word List
CONFINE
something (such as borders or walls) that encloses
The meaning of the word confine is something (such as borders or walls) that encloses.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| impinge | encroach |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |