GRE Word List
ONOMATOPOEIA
the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss)
The meaning of the word onomatopoeia is the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| coalesce | to grow together |