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.
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| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
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| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| seemly | good-looking |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |