GRE Word List
ACNE
a disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles
The meaning of the word acne is a disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |