GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| nourish | nurture |