GRE Word List

ASEPTIC

preventing infection

The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.

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recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
chaffingthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
captiousmarked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections
candorunreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness
mustera representative specimen (see specimen
bucolicof or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral
partisana firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person
sartorialof or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes
overturnto cause to turn over : upset
askancewith disapproval or distrust : scornfully