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 |
|---|---|
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| gnome | maxim |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |