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 |
|---|---|
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| niggle | trifle |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |