GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |