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 |
|---|---|
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |