GRE Word List
OCCLUDE
to close up or block off : obstruct
The meaning of the word occlude is to close up or block off : obstruct.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |