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 |
|---|---|
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| dally | to act playfully |
| encompass | include |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |