GRE Word List
PERVASIVE
existing in or spreading through every part of something
The meaning of the word pervasive is existing in or spreading through every part of something.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |