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 |
|---|---|
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| implode | to burst inward |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
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