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 |
|---|---|
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| spangle | a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |