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 |
|---|---|
| warrant | sanction |
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |