GRE Word List
INURED
to accustom to accept something undesirable
The meaning of the word inured is to accustom to accept something undesirable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |