GRE Word List

STRICTURE

an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage

The meaning of the word stricture is an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage.

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WordMeaning
tillerone that tills : cultivator
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
epauletsomething that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as
vehementmarked by forceful energy : powerful
necromancyconjuration (see conjure
chaplaina clergyman in charge of a chapel
expropriateto deprive of possession or proprietary rights
burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
deciduousfalling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle
indoctrinateto imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle