GRE Word List

ANTISEPTIC

opposing microbial infection

The meaning of the word antiseptic is opposing microbial infection.

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WordMeaning
viscoushaving a thick or sticky consistency : viscid
benedictionthe invocation (see invocation
corollarya proposition (see proposition
squeamisheasily nauseated : queasy
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
entourageone's attendants or associates
incarnationthe act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate
disenfranchiseto deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
authoritarianof, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority
emollientmaking soft or supple