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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| encumber | weigh down |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |