GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precipitant | precipitate |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |