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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scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
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disconsolatecheerless
riderone that rides
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somnambulistan abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed
miscreantunbelieving
belateddelayed beyond the usual time
isotopeany of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties