GRE Word List
SENTIENT
responsive to or conscious of sense impressions
The meaning of the word sentient is responsive to or conscious of sense impressions.
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distant | separated in space : away |
premonitory | giving warning |
preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
juncture | a point of time |
rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
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