GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
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| rapport | a friendly, harmonious relationship |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
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| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| environ | encircle |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |