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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etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
repercussionreflection
betokento typify beforehand : presage
slinkto go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal
benefactorsomeone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit
denigrateto attack the reputation of : defame
daisa raised platform (as in a hall or large room)
foppishfoolish
impermeablenot permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance
fidelitythe quality or state of being faithful