inure

Day 20Level 3

ih-NYOOR

accustom

to accustom to pain or hardship

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

harden, adapt

Example Sentence:

Taylor, army infantryman deployed to Iraq, battled militants and became inured to gruesome sights.

Related Words

abolish

AB-roh-gayt

to abolish by authority

make worse

AG-ruh-veyt

make worse; irritate

generous

buh-NEF-uh-suhnt

showing kindness ; generous

rupture

breech

opening, rupture

shaping tool

CHIZ-uhl

steel tool for shaping materials

patronizing behavior

kon-duh-SEN-shuhn

patronizingly superior behavior or attitude.