GRE Word List
ANTISEPTIC
opposing microbial infection
The meaning of the word antiseptic is opposing microbial infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| endue | provide |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |