GRE Word List

ASEPTIC

preventing infection

The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.

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tertiaryof third rank, importance, or value
annealto heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle
pulsethe regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart
concedeto acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly
brawnymuscular
equivocalsubject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
resonantcontinuing to sound : echoing
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
tempestuousof, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent