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 |
|---|---|
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |