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 |
|---|---|
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| puerile | juvenile |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |