GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
Random words
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rasp | to rub with something rough |
oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
bacchanal | orgy |
futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |