GRE Word List
INCUBATE
hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching; maintain at optimal environment conditions for development; be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease; N. incubation; CF. incubation:disease
The meaning of the word incubate is hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching; maintain at optimal environment conditions for development; be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease; N. incubation; CF. incubation:disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gracious | kind in a generous way (to someone less important) |
| score | number of points; written form of a musical composition; reason; group of 20; notch or incision; Ex. full/vocal score; Ex. Don't worry on that score; V: mark with lines or notches; Ex. score the paper to make it easy to fold |
| enliven | make lively or spirited; animate |
| reprimand | reprove severely; rebuke; N. |
| grapple | wrestle; come to grips with; take hold of and struggle with; Ex. grapple with the burglar |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| exculpate | clear from blame or guilt |
| incumbent | obligatory; imposed as an obligation; currently holding an office; N: person who holds an office |
| garbled | mixed up; jumbled; distorted; V. garble: mix up or distort (a message) to such an extent as to make misleading or unintelligible |
| dysentery | inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract |
