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 |
|---|---|
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| unsavory | insipid |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| demure | reserved |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |