GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |