GRE Word List

CHRONIC

continuing or occurring again and again for a long time

The meaning of the word chronic is continuing or occurring again and again for a long time.

Random words

WordMeaning
inanimatenot animate:
languishto be or become feeble, weak, or enervated
inequityinjustice
sedulousinvolving or accomplished with careful perseverance
suffocateto stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation)
phalanxa body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files
omnivorousfeeding on both animal and vegetable substances
celestialof, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric