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 |
|---|---|
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |
| plane | airplane |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| ramification | branch |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |