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 |
|---|---|
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| sophist | philosopher |