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.

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WordMeaning
shiftto exchange for or replace by another : change
cantataa composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment
rendto remove from place by violence : wrest
asinineextremely or utterly foolish or silly
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
innocuousproducing no injury : harmless
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
drollhaving a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality
septicof, relating to, or causing putrefaction
chorusa company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action