GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
Random words
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| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| countenance | look |