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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| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
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| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |