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.

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WordMeaning
ancillarysubordinate
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness
importto bring from a foreign or external source: such as
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
beleaguerbesiege
draconianof, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him
dinghya small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat
invalidateto make invalid
abetto actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan)
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