GRE Word List

ASEPTIC

preventing infection

The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.

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elysianof or relating to Elysium
retardto delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment
foiblethe part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
bemoanto express deep grief or distress over
contrabandillegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
validateto make legally valid : ratify
dexterousmentally adroit and skillful : clever