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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |