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 |
|---|---|
| colloquy | conversation |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |