GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |