GRE Word List
PENETRATE
to pass into or through
The meaning of the word penetrate is to pass into or through.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| coin | corner |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| quench | put out |
| perdition | eternal damnation |