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.

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deflectto turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
canarda false or unfounded report or story
assailto attack violently : assault
tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs
renegeto go back on a promise or commitment
resignrelegate
maternalof, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly
maimto mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously
queerdiffering in some way from what is usual or normal : odd