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 |
|---|---|
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| endue | provide |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| drama | a composition (see composition |