GRE Word List
ANESTHETIC
substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N. anesthesia
The meaning of the word anesthetic is substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N. anesthesia.
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| plane | carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood; V. CF. flat |
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| pernicious | very harmful; deadly; very destructive; Ex. pernicious effect/anemia |
| unobtrusive | inconspicuous; not blatant |
| cerebral | pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum |
| exhume | dig out of the ground; remove from a grave |
| foreboding | premonition of evil; feeling of coming evil; V. forebode: be a warning of (something unpleasant) |
| centrifuge | machine that separates substances by whirling them |
| grouch | bad-tempered complaint; person who keeps complaining; V: complain; grumble |
| agnostic | one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality |
