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 |
|---|---|
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| auroral | dawn |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |