GRE Word List
ANTISEPTIC
opposing microbial infection
The meaning of the word antiseptic is opposing microbial infection.
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|---|---|
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| connoisseur | expert |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |