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 |
|---|---|
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |