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 |
|---|---|
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |