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 |
|---|---|
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |