GRE Word List
RESUSCITATE
to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness
The meaning of the word resuscitate is to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |