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
malcontenta discontented person:
irasciblemarked by hot temper and easily provoked anger
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earthlycharacteristic of or belonging to this earth
inimitablenot capable of being imitated : matchless
feuda mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
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cerebralof or relating to the brain or the intellect
centrifugalproceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis