GRE Word List
PERMEABLE
capable of being permeated : penetrable
The meaning of the word permeable is capable of being permeated : penetrable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |