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 |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| invalid | not valid: |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| broach | brooch |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |