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 |
|---|---|
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |