GRE Word List
ANTISEPTIC
opposing microbial infection
The meaning of the word antiseptic is opposing microbial infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dolt | a stupid person |
| guy | man |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |