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immure

verbCommon GRE wordMore I words

to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison

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Immure in a sentence

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The reclusive scholar immured himself in his study for years.

Synonyms
confineimprisonincarceratecloister
Antonyms
releasefree

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Critics complained that the documentary's narration was relentlessly blank, hammering home its single thesis so often that viewers felt lectured rather than informed.

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Immure (verb) means to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison
Here is immure used in an example sentence: "The reclusive scholar immured himself in his study for years."
Common synonyms for immure include confine, imprison, incarcerate, cloister.
Antonyms of immure include release, free.
Immure is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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