GRE Word List

ASEPTIC

preventing infection

The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.

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offhandwithout premeditation or preparation : extempore
intrepidcharacterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance
capitulateto surrender often after negotiation of terms
occludeto close up or block off : obstruct
perspicaciousof acute mental vision or discernment : keen
imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
carapacea bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab)
deviouswandering
throttleto compress the throat of : choke
equinoxeither of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic