GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| passe | past one's prime |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |