GRE Word List

SOMNAMBULIST

an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed

The meaning of the word somnambulist is an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed.

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WordMeaning
optionalinvolving an option : not compulsory
validateto make legally valid : ratify
motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
instigateto goad or urge forward : provoke
laymana person who is not a member of the clergy
avantgardegroup of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard
temperheat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion
mediateoccupying a middle position
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites