GRE Word List

ASEPTIC

preventing infection

The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.

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WordMeaning
dutifulfilled with or motivated by a sense of duty
beneficentdoing or producing good
pulverizeto reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
halefree from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound
substantiateto give substance or form to : embody
prodto thrust a pointed instrument into : prick
bombasticmarked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous
terminuseither end of a transportation line or travel route
subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate