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.

Random words

WordMeaning
hypercriticalmeticulously or excessively critical
sagaa prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland
astringentcausing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic
complicityassociation or participation in or as if in a wrongful act
asepticpreventing infection
thrashto beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog
habituateto make used to something : accustom
didacticdesigned or intended to teach
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix
impermeablenot permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance