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 |
|---|---|
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| boor | peasant |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |