GRE Word List
HIBERNATE
to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state
The meaning of the word hibernate is to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |