GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| antecede | precede |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |