GRE Word List
PROPAGATE
to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction
The meaning of the word propagate is to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |