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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| chafe | irritate |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |