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 |
|---|---|
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |