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 |
|---|---|
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
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| obese | having excessive body fat |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |