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

WordMeaning
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
restivestubbornly resisting control : balky
sanctiona formal decree
ordainto invest (see invest
marshala high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces
headlongheadfirst
spartana native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta
underhandin a clandestine manner
foreshadowto represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure