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 |
|---|---|
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| conspire | plot |
| shove | to push along |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |