GRE Word List
NURSE
a person who cares for the sick or infirm
The meaning of the word nurse is a person who cares for the sick or infirm.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |