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 |
|---|---|
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| fluke | flatfish |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |