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 |
|---|---|
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| chafe | irritate |
| pundit | pandit |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |