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 |
|---|---|
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| slake | subside |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |