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
stoopto bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees
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defalcatededuct
tracta system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function
aloofremoved or distant either physically or emotionally
implausiblenot plausible : provoking disbelief
desperadoa bold or violent criminal
pinchto squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument
raveto talk irrationally in or as if in delirium
inerrancyexemption from error : infallibility