GRE Word List
IMMURE
to enclose within or as if within walls
The meaning of the word immure is to enclose within or as if within walls.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| duration | continuance in time |
| chafe | irritate |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |