GRE Word List
SLEEPER
one that sleeps
The meaning of the word sleeper is one that sleeps.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| hurl | rush |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |