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 |
|---|---|
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| collate | to compare critically |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |