GRE Word List
VEGETATE
to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind
The meaning of the word vegetate is to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| cue | the letter q |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |