GRE Word List
TUREEN
a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served
The meaning of the word tureen is a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served.
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| categorical | absolute |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |