GRE Word List
INSOMNIA
prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep
The meaning of the word insomnia is prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| figment | something made up or contrived |