GRE Word List
SOBRIETY
the quality or state of being sober
The meaning of the word sobriety is the quality or state of being sober.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |