GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
Random words
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| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |