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 |
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| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| slew | a large number |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |