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 |
|---|---|
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |