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 |
|---|---|
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |