GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |