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
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ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
abnegation | denial |
hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
condign | deserved |
self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
buffet | a blow especially with the hand |