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 |
|---|---|
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| dynamo | generator |