GRE Word List
FERMENT
to undergo fermentation
The meaning of the word ferment is to undergo fermentation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |