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 |
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| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |