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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| ebullient | boiling |
| broach | brooch |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |