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 |
|---|---|
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| edifice | building |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |