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Inure Verb Accustomed Undesirable Hardship Difficulty Pain Toughen

Front Inure (verb)
Back To become accustomed to something undesirable, such as hardship, difficulty, or pain; to toughen or harden; to habituate.

“Living in the wild for 30 years, the stoic hermit had become inured to cold and want.”

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