GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |