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 |
|---|---|
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |