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 |
|---|---|
| prong | fork |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| opulence | wealth |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |