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 |
|---|---|
| quisling | traitor |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| reek | smoke |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |