GRE Word List
OCCLUDE
shut; close; obstruct; Ex. A blood clot occluded an artery.
The meaning of the word occlude is shut; close; obstruct; Ex. A blood clot occluded an artery..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thresh | beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw |
| carousal | drunken revel; V. carouse |
| inane | silly; senseless; Ex. inane remarks; N. inanity |
| deadpan | wooden; impassive; with no show of feeling; with an expressionless face |
| atrocity | brutal deed; ADJ. atrocious |
| beholden | obligated; indebted; owing thanks; obliged or indebted from gratitude |
| behemoth | huge creature; something of monstrous size or power |
| comeuppance | deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke |
| affinity | feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages |
| denomination | religious group; unit in a system; name or designation; CF. denominator: common trait or characteristic |
