GRE Word List
SLEEPER
one that sleeps
The meaning of the word sleeper is one that sleeps.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |