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 |
|---|---|
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |