GRE Word List
PERFORATE
to make a hole through
The meaning of the word perforate is to make a hole through.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| coiffure | a style or manner of arranging the hair |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |