GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| amazon | a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology |