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 |
|---|---|
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| random | a haphazard course |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |