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 |
|---|---|
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |