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 |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |