GRE Word List
SUBLIMATE
refine; purify; replace (natural urges) with socially acceptable activities; change between a solid state and a gaseous state
The meaning of the word sublimate is refine; purify; replace (natural urges) with socially acceptable activities; change between a solid state and a gaseous state.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conjure | cause to appear by magic; summon (a devil or a spirit) by magical power; practice magic (esp. by very quick movement of the hands); evoke; conjure up: bring into the mind; Ex. The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat. |
| pertinacious | holding tenaciously to an action; stubborn; persistent |
| gargantuan | huge; enormous; gigantic; CF. the hero of Gargantua and Pantagruel |
| high-flown | highly pretentious or inflated |
| leonine | like a lion |
| conjugal | pertaining to marriage |
| seminal | related to seed or semen; germinal; creative; providing a basis for further development; influencing future developments; Ex. seminal research in a new field |
| forebears | ancestors |
| touchstone | stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion; standard |
| incandescent | strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting visible light when heated; Ex. incandescent light bulb; CF. candle |
