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 |
|---|---|
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| dint | force |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |