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 |
|---|---|
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |