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 |
|---|---|
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| pilfer | steal |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |