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 |
|---|---|
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |