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 |
|---|---|
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| demure | reserved |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |