GRE Word List

PENETRATE

to pass into or through

The meaning of the word penetrate is to pass into or through.

Random words

WordMeaning
dormera window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof
trenchantkeen
throttleto compress the throat of : choke
nutritiousnourishing
swarma great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
equivocateto use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive
shacklesomething (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms
rubblebroken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building
placidserenely free of interruption or disturbance
emanateto come out from a source