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 |
|---|---|
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
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