GRE Word List
REHABILITATE
to restore to a former capacity : reinstate
The meaning of the word rehabilitate is to restore to a former capacity : reinstate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| determinate | having defined limits |