GRE Word List
INCUBATE
to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body
The meaning of the word incubate is to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| lampoon | satire |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| writ | something written : writing |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |