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 |
|---|---|
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |