GRE Word List
ULCER
a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus
The meaning of the word ulcer is a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enduring | lasting |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |