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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| warranted | sanction |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |