GRE Word List
ANTISEPTIC
opposing microbial infection
The meaning of the word antiseptic is opposing microbial infection.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| overthrow | overturn |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| muted | being mute : silent |