GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| calorific | caloric |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| wastrel | vagabond |