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 |
|---|---|
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |