GRE Word List
SLEEPER
one that sleeps
The meaning of the word sleeper is one that sleeps.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |