GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
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truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
roster | a roll or list of personnel |