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 |
|---|---|
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| lampoon | satire |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |