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 |
|---|---|
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |