GRE Word List
GANGRENE
local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply
The meaning of the word gangrene is local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| reverberate | reflect |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |