GRE Word List
ANTISEPTIC
opposing microbial infection
The meaning of the word antiseptic is opposing microbial infection.
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| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| throes | pang |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |