GRE Word List
INURED
to accustom to accept something undesirable
The meaning of the word inured is to accustom to accept something undesirable.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |