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 |
|---|---|
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |