GRE Word List
PERPETUAL
continuing forever : everlasting
The meaning of the word perpetual is continuing forever : everlasting.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |