GRE Word List
ANTISEPTIC
opposing microbial infection
The meaning of the word antiseptic is opposing microbial infection.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |