GRE Word List

PENETRATE

to pass into or through

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

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WordMeaning
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beguilehoodwink
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
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effectiveproducing a decided, decisive, or desired effect
discloseto make known or public