GRE Word List

ASEPTIC

preventing infection

The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.

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waylayto lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush
antecedeprecede
mergerthe 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
irretrievablenot retrievable : impossible to regain or recover
piquantengagingly provocative
defameto harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel
chagrindisquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure
ovoidresembling an egg in shape : ovate
proselytizeto induce someone to convert to one's faith
vertebrateany 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