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 |
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| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| schism | division |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| shambles | a meat market |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |