GRE Word List
ONOMATOPOEIA
words formed in imitation of natural sounds
The meaning of the word onomatopoeia is words formed in imitation of natural sounds.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unwonted | unaccustomed; unusual; Ex. He arrived with unwonted punctuality. |
| discretion | prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances; freedom of action or judgment; ADJ. discreet; CF. discretionary |
| prurient | having or causing lustful desires and thoughts; arousing immoderate sexual desire |
| substantive | substantial; essential; pertaining to the substance; substantial; considerable; Ex. substantive issues |
| contiguous | adjacent to; touching upon |
| jaundiced | yellowed; prejudiced (envious, hostile, or resentful) from long and disappointing experience of human affairs; Ex. with a jaundiced eye |
| execute | put into effect; carry out; kill as a lawful punishment; N. execution |
| mobile | movable; not fixed; N. mobility |
| circlet | small ring; band of gold, silver, jewel, etc. (worn on the head, arms, or neck as decoration) |
| balmy | soft and mild (of air); fragrant |
