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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |