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 |
|---|---|
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| peerless | matchless |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |