GRE Word List
ANTISEPTIC
opposing microbial infection
The meaning of the word antiseptic is opposing microbial infection.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |