GRE Word List
RENOVATE
to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding)
The meaning of the word renovate is to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |