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 |
|---|---|
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |