GRE Word List
ANTISEPTIC
opposing microbial infection
The meaning of the word antiseptic is opposing microbial infection.
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|---|---|
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| upright | perpendicular |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |