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 |
|---|---|
| bandy | discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with |
| importunate | urging; always demanding; troublesomely urgent or persistent |
| obloquy | slander; disgrace; infamy |
| expropriate | take possession of (often for public use and without payment) |
| shoot | new growth from a plant |
| husbandry | frugality; thrift; economy; agriculture; farming; Ex. animal husbandry; CF. husbandman |
| capitulate | surrender; give up all resistance |
| aplomb | poise; composure in difficult situations; assurance; self-confidence |
| conglomerate | corporation made up of several different companies in diversified fields; mass of various material gathered together; rock consisting of small stones held together by clay; V. |
| edifice | building (of imposing size) |
