GRE Word List
INTERSTICE
a space that intervenes between things
The meaning of the word interstice is a space that intervenes between things.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| 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 |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |