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 |
|---|---|
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |