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 |
|---|---|
| trance | stupor |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |