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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| 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 |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |