GRE Word List
THERAPEUTIC
of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative
The meaning of the word therapeutic is of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| 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) |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |