GRE Word List
ANTISEPTIC
opposing microbial infection
The meaning of the word antiseptic is opposing microbial infection.
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| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |