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 |
|---|---|
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |