GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| brawny | muscular |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| idiom | an 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) |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |