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 |
|---|---|
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |