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 |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| puerile | juvenile |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |