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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |