GRE Word List
ANTISEPTIC
opposing microbial infection
The meaning of the word antiseptic is opposing microbial infection.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |