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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |