GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| acclaim | applaud |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |