GRE Word List
PERPETUATE
to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely
The meaning of the word perpetuate is to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| pilfer | steal |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |