GRE Word List
ANTISEPTIC
opposing microbial infection
The meaning of the word antiseptic is opposing microbial infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |