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 |
|---|---|
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |