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 |
---|---|
supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |
limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
shear | to cut off the hair from |