GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| schism | division |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| 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) |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |