GRE Word List
SOBER
not intoxicated
The meaning of the word sober is not intoxicated.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |