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 |
|---|---|
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |