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 |
|---|---|
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| refrain | curb |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |