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 |
|---|---|
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| stilted | pompous |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| 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 |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |