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 |
|---|---|
| ancillary | subordinate |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |