GRE Word List

ASEPTIC

preventing infection

The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.

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retrospectiveof, relating to, or given to retrospection
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
aversiona feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it
monasticof or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns
groombridegroom
pryto look closely or inquisitively
truncateto shorten by or as if by cutting off
lopean easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter
vicissitudethe quality or state of being changeable : mutability
fathomlessincapable of being fathomed : immeasurable