GRE Word List
FERMENT
to undergo fermentation
The meaning of the word ferment is to undergo fermentation.
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| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
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| ossify | to change into bone |
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