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

WordMeaning
ebullientboiling
ambiguousdoubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
recalcitrantobstinately defiant of authority or restraint
vauntedhighly or widely praised or boasted about
copiousyielding something abundantly
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
ambiencea feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere
proteanof or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms
ineffectualnot producing the proper or intended effect : futile
gleama transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light