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 |
|---|---|
| ramification | branch |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| expatriate | banish |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| auroral | dawn |
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