GRE Word List
SONIC
utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves
The meaning of the word sonic is utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
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| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
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