GRE Word List
ASEPTIC
preventing infection
The meaning of the word aseptic is preventing infection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| wreak | bring about |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |