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.

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WordMeaning
magnitudegreat size or extent
fanfarea short and lively sounding of trumpets
acridsharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating
astigmatisma 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
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
fancyto have a fancy (see fancy
thematicof, relating to, or constituting a theme
impoverishto make poor
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken
imploreto make an earnest request to (someone) : beg