GRE Word List
PROPAGATE
increase in number by producing young; multiply; spread; Ex. Most plants propagate by seed; Ex. newspaper propagating their ideas
The meaning of the word propagate is increase in number by producing young; multiply; spread; Ex. Most plants propagate by seed; Ex. newspaper propagating their ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tempo | speed of music |
| imbroglio | complicated situation (as in a play); painful or complex misunderstanding (as in a play); entanglement; confused mass (as of papers); V. embroil |
| jumble | mix in a confused way |
| plight | difficult condition; condition or state (esp. a bad state or condition); predicament |
| subliminal | below the threshold of conscious perception; Ex. subliminal advertisement |
| cohesion | tendency to keep together |
| scurrilous | abusive; obscene; indecent; Ex. scurrilous remark |
| averse | reluctant; disinclined; not liking or opposed; Ex. averse to cats/doing the house work |
| masochist | person who enjoys his own pain; CF. masochism |
| torrent | rushing stream; flood; Ex. The rain fell in torrents. |
